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you do have to give your dues to the union but it's an optional tax law. how many people would pay tax it is it was just optional, not a lot, right? the way to destroy the unions by taking that money out of the system even though the unions wind up representing all the workers in most of those scenarios. now the other objective is to get the workers to fight with one another. the guys who want to pay the dues. the guys who don't want to pay the dues. this is how brilliantly it worked in michigan as the workers fight each other. >> i support everybody. i'm not for myself. >> it shouldn't be a condition of employment that you have to join an union and have to pay dodues as a condition of employment to feed your family. >> cenk: oh, the koch brothers must have enjoyed that video immensely. yes, we got the workers to fight against one another while we take the great lion share. mission accomplished. president obama said in 2008 u man, if collective bargaining is questioned well, he was very clear on it. >> obama: understand this, if american workers are denied
you do have to give your dues to the union but it's an optional tax law. how many people would pay tax it is it was just optional, not a lot, right? the way to destroy the unions by taking that money out of the system even though the unions wind up representing all the workers in most of those scenarios. now the other objective is to get the workers to fight with one another. the guys who want to pay the dues. the guys who don't want to pay the dues. this is how brilliantly it worked in...
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. >> i didn't know there was a law against. we could go away, but it's the principle, the law, i don't think it's right. >> they sentenced us a one year in a state penitentiary. >> what are the things that can only be done together by a man and wife that they can't do in virginia. >> we pinch ourselves and say we are handling a major civil rights case. >> i'm not going to divorce her. >> they were going to put them in jail for interracial marriage and that was not that long ago. it's an amazing story and one that film maker nancy berski told. thanks so much for joining us. tell me, and the audience who are not familiar who the lovings were. >> the lovings were an interracial couple. she was black and he was obviously white. they fell in love when they were teenagers and married when she was 17 and he was 23, but they had to go to washington, d.c. to get married because they knew they couldn't marry in virginia. they came back to live and the sheriff came back and arrested them in the middle of the night and dragged them off to
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>> among health law professor this is well-known. i've seen this in articles by penn and wake forest. i can't claim for having unearthed it but i'm making the argument now because it seems to have gotten lost in all of the effort to try to distinguish healthcare these powerful examples got lost. i think the problem is it shifted the burden of proof. i think the government has a sound strategy of trying to be cautious, because they did not challenge this, justice kennedy was left with the false impression that they truly were unprecedented, that led him to think that there was the burden on the government because they were changing the relationship of the individual to government. but these examples show that is not so. the burden should be on the side that does not have any constitutional text history or case law on it to create a new constitutional limitation that is not there right now. >> that's exactly right. persuading the court to do something unprecedented is harder than persuading it to do something that goes back to the days
>> among health law professor this is well-known. i've seen this in articles by penn and wake forest. i can't claim for having unearthed it but i'm making the argument now because it seems to have gotten lost in all of the effort to try to distinguish healthcare these powerful examples got lost. i think the problem is it shifted the burden of proof. i think the government has a sound strategy of trying to be cautious, because they did not challenge this, justice kennedy was left with the...
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trumps our laws. if we were to pass anything -- any kind of restrictions if the mayor were to try to do an executive order, which seems like a normal thing to do to protect the public he could face a hundred thousand dollars fine. and if council were to pass any kind of code or ordinance, we could face a fine of up to $5,000 and be sued and personally liable and be removed from office. so we're at this point, where if we want to do anything about trying to keep lethal weapons out of this area where we know it's going to be a charged atmosphere we will lose our jobs and go broke. >> totally absurd. >> yeah. >> that's mary mulhern, she is on the city council in tampa, and when you think about the republican party haven chosen to go to tampa in the heat of ago tells you all of this ads to their craziness. but anyway turning now to gay rights and the republican party. mitt romney's foreign policy advisor, a conservative guy, but he is also an openly gay man, and he resigned from mitt romney's campaign yes
trumps our laws. if we were to pass anything -- any kind of restrictions if the mayor were to try to do an executive order, which seems like a normal thing to do to protect the public he could face a hundred thousand dollars fine. and if council were to pass any kind of code or ordinance, we could face a fine of up to $5,000 and be sued and personally liable and be removed from office. so we're at this point, where if we want to do anything about trying to keep lethal weapons out of this area...
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>> well, they can obey the law. how's that? is that a very radical act? they can do what the law says that -- you know, people think not incorrectly that congress does very little to protect consumers. i agree with that, but actually, in the dodd frank financial reform bill, there was a provision put in there which said to the commodity futures trading commission that by january, 2011, 14 months ago that they were supposed to establish rules limiting the amount of oil that any one company could control. they were supposed to end excessive speculation. they are 14 months overdo right now. they still have not and god and it's time that they obey the law. >> why? >> they will tell you and i just spoke to the chairman, a gentleman named mr. gentzler. he will tell you there's a lawsuit by wall street against them number two there's an enormous amount of information they have to go through before they establish rules. i would say that this is an issue where they have got to respond to the urgency of the moment. this is not just herding consumers in vermont and
>> well, they can obey the law. how's that? is that a very radical act? they can do what the law says that -- you know, people think not incorrectly that congress does very little to protect consumers. i agree with that, but actually, in the dodd frank financial reform bill, there was a provision put in there which said to the commodity futures trading commission that by january, 2011, 14 months ago that they were supposed to establish rules limiting the amount of oil that any one company...
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i mean right now 47% of guns sold under federal law they don't require a background check. that's a lot of guns in a country that has 300 million guns circulating. you know, that is something that as i said, nra gun owners, non-nra gun owners can agree on. we should know who is purchasing guns and denying those guns to people who are not fit to have them. >> eliot: look, what you're doing is so powerful. thank you. the tragedy you went through to bounce back this way. you look great healthy and powerful, and using your skills in such an important way. thank you. gun control advocate with "mayors against illegal guns," stephen barton, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> eliot: new york's lawsuit against jpmorgan chase wants to see this happen. he joins us ahead. ♪ lord, you got no reason ♪ ♪ you got no right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male announcer ] the ram 1500 express. ♪ ♪ it says a lot about you. ♪ ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. nah, he's probably got... [ dennis' voice ] allstate. they can bundle all your
i mean right now 47% of guns sold under federal law they don't require a background check. that's a lot of guns in a country that has 300 million guns circulating. you know, that is something that as i said, nra gun owners, non-nra gun owners can agree on. we should know who is purchasing guns and denying those guns to people who are not fit to have them. >> eliot: look, what you're doing is so powerful. thank you. the tragedy you went through to bounce back this way. you look great...
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enforcement, who would be doing the law enforcement? >> the fbi and other bodies in the united states are engaged in law enforcement measures. we need that as a first resource. >> jennifer: are you comfortable at least that talks with respect to hamas and israel have at least begun in terms of a cease fire? but it hasn't worked. >> unfortunately, human history is replete with incident of violence escalation of violence and warfare and we don't deny that there are situations where the united states has legitimate basis of using the force. we haven't declared war on pakistan, though. >> jennifer: of course not but if you have had high-level al-qaeda targets, and a drone can take out that target instead of risking u.s. lives, don't you think that is not a bad thing? >> let me answer your question by giving a broader context, what the studies show is the vast majority of drone strikes don't hit those high-level targets. the majority of those kills are much lower-level operatives or civilians, and one of the things we need to think about is
enforcement, who would be doing the law enforcement? >> the fbi and other bodies in the united states are engaged in law enforcement measures. we need that as a first resource. >> jennifer: are you comfortable at least that talks with respect to hamas and israel have at least begun in terms of a cease fire? but it hasn't worked. >> unfortunately, human history is replete with incident of violence escalation of violence and warfare and we don't deny that there are situations...
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don't enact gun control laws. blame video games. even the conservative national review magazine found it ridiculous writing "blaming violence on video games is unfair and worse unlikely to lead to effective policies." friends, if the conservative national review is preemptively taking the nra to task, maybe maybe things are on the verge of changing. for more on this story i'm joined by think progress senior investigative reporter josh israel from washington, d.c. josh, welcome to "the war room." >> thanks for having me, john. john fuglesang pleasure to have you. what do you think the nra will say tomorrow? will there be anything that we haven't heard before? >> well, i certainly couldn't say for sure they're not going to surprise us. but they have a very, very long history of not doing so. every time over the last couple of decades there's been a disaster like this, they've followed the same pattern. first they wait. they say nothing. and then they go right back on doing what they do. which is lobbying against any restrictions and a
don't enact gun control laws. blame video games. even the conservative national review magazine found it ridiculous writing "blaming violence on video games is unfair and worse unlikely to lead to effective policies." friends, if the conservative national review is preemptively taking the nra to task, maybe maybe things are on the verge of changing. for more on this story i'm joined by think progress senior investigative reporter josh israel from washington, d.c. josh, welcome to...
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a law has no exceptions for rape or incest and if doctors break the law or commit criminal abortion, they can be jailed up to 10 years. the war on women has gone nuclear. democratic women in the state legislate temperature in georgia walked out in protest, but it still passed making georgia the 8th state to pass such a law in the last two years. it continues to shock the conscience, this extent to which the party of personal freedom and personal responsibility, how far will they go to undermine the constitutional right of all women to choose what to do with their own bodies, to have personal integrity over our own choices. this war is not yet over. here to talk about the continued assault on women's rights and how the issue will play this election is michelle brenard for the scepter for women. michelle joins us from washington. welcome back inside the war room. >> good evening. >> hi, michelle. thanks for joining us. we asked ben labolt of the obama campaign, the spokesperson about the life with julia spot that the obama campaign is pushing. it's an interactive web tool. will that at
a law has no exceptions for rape or incest and if doctors break the law or commit criminal abortion, they can be jailed up to 10 years. the war on women has gone nuclear. democratic women in the state legislate temperature in georgia walked out in protest, but it still passed making georgia the 8th state to pass such a law in the last two years. it continues to shock the conscience, this extent to which the party of personal freedom and personal responsibility, how far will they go to undermine...
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a horrifying set of laws but law enforcement leadership opposed pushed by the nra opposed by law enforcement. it seems to me there you have a great opportunity to go to coalition pushing to repeal a law that right now everybody should understand. >> right now we're working with people like mayor bloomberg and a coalition of mayors across the country. at a time when mayors and other city officials are struggling to be able to make ends meet to put police officers on the street to provide the protection. we have a law moving forward that even those police officers oppose, because they saw the potential for the kinds of problems that we saw in florida. change to make our communities safer still. >> seems to me there is also an opportunity to build a coalition with a whole bunch of state controllers who control the shares that are owned by public pensions. to go to companies, whomever it may be, and say, look, we don't want to take positions on any political issues just stay away from them. we own you through public shares, just don't get involved in this stuff. are you interested in moving forw
a horrifying set of laws but law enforcement leadership opposed pushed by the nra opposed by law enforcement. it seems to me there you have a great opportunity to go to coalition pushing to repeal a law that right now everybody should understand. >> right now we're working with people like mayor bloomberg and a coalition of mayors across the country. at a time when mayors and other city officials are struggling to be able to make ends meet to put police officers on the street to provide...
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that is no way to make law enforcement in the united states of america. we need comprehensive immigration reform in this country and not laws that treats thousands and millions of latinos as suspects. >> but the power to enforce immigration laws, not whether that enforcement is a good or bad idea. that's why solicitor general verilli agreed with chief justice roberts from the start that this case wasn't about ethnic or racial profiling instead, he argued that the law should be repealed because it conflicted with the federal government exclusive control of immigration policy. associatejustice scalia batted that away. quote, the state has no power to close its borders to people who have no right to be there? what does sovereignty mean if it does not include the ability to secure your own borders. as for arizona goner i can't think brewer, she seemed confident that the state had won it's case. >> i thought that the hearing went very, very well. i feel very confident. as i walked out of there, that we will get a favorable ruling in late june. >> with me to go
that is no way to make law enforcement in the united states of america. we need comprehensive immigration reform in this country and not laws that treats thousands and millions of latinos as suspects. >> but the power to enforce immigration laws, not whether that enforcement is a good or bad idea. that's why solicitor general verilli agreed with chief justice roberts from the start that this case wasn't about ethnic or racial profiling instead, he argued that the law should be repealed...
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that's more important than the law. >> we've gotten into trouble with that before, haven't we? >> yeah. >> never mind the dress up like a police officer which is actually a federal crime. and pulling people over. >> stephanie: different rules. sherry in louisiana. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: hello. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: go ahead. >> caller: two comments. we have five days in louisiana to register to vote. so everybody get out and vote. >> stephanie: do it. >> caller: we've got a big uptick on independent voters. you know. that's good to hear down here in the reddest state. one more thing. wasn't it several years back they talked about this national i.d. and they said no, no, we can't do that because that's against our privacy. so why now is it okay for us to have to have this i.d.? >> because they want to do it on a state level because they can deny it point to point using governorships because once -- the problem is state constitutions can act -- that's why when they talk about state's rights they talk about women's rights and race rights. states ca
that's more important than the law. >> we've gotten into trouble with that before, haven't we? >> yeah. >> never mind the dress up like a police officer which is actually a federal crime. and pulling people over. >> stephanie: different rules. sherry in louisiana. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: hello. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: go ahead. >> caller: two comments. we have five days in louisiana to register to vote. so...
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law? how would this disenfranchise people. >> none of us want in eligible voters participating in the system. the problem is the purging pros, the he will i'll voters caught up in these new laws, so when we look at purging, we really want to look at purging practicion that are transparent accurate, and legal and that way we're not really catching the eligible voters. right now we're working with a lot of inaccurate lists. kind of a great thing with the voter photo i.d. laws. instead of stopping in eligible seaters, we're finding people has recently changed their name because they got divorced, people who voted for 70 plus years and now don't have the fold i.d.'s with their current address on it and are disenfranchised. we're disenfranchising millions of voters, while they cost millions of dollars and they're a solution in search of a problem. >> let me ask you, for example when they're doing a punch of voter rolls because people, they don't want non-citizens voting, how are they determinin
law? how would this disenfranchise people. >> none of us want in eligible voters participating in the system. the problem is the purging pros, the he will i'll voters caught up in these new laws, so when we look at purging, we really want to look at purging practicion that are transparent accurate, and legal and that way we're not really catching the eligible voters. right now we're working with a lot of inaccurate lists. kind of a great thing with the voter photo i.d. laws. instead of...
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doctrine laws and the stand your ground laws. i've said for years that these laws are not necessary, and that they produce these types of tragedies. politicians love them. they, you know, i find it somewhat annoying so his politicians falling over themselves today to say that they never imagined these problems with critics like myself have been saying for years that these laws in invite these types of problems. in terms of this case, no, i think that this is the police had grounds to arrest zimmerman that night, just on the fact that they had an unarmed minor who is also physically smaller than zimmerman. you had a call in which he was asked not to pursue the individual. there is certainly enough basis there for an arrest. i've seen cases go to indictment on less evidence, but having said that, you know, the police could say that zimmerman was bleeding at the scene. thank you so much for coming into the war room. that is nancy keenan. if you want to find out more about the war on women, and the [ male announcer ] this is lawn ran
doctrine laws and the stand your ground laws. i've said for years that these laws are not necessary, and that they produce these types of tragedies. politicians love them. they, you know, i find it somewhat annoying so his politicians falling over themselves today to say that they never imagined these problems with critics like myself have been saying for years that these laws in invite these types of problems. in terms of this case, no, i think that this is the police had grounds to arrest...
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law will allow mitt romney to win pennsylvania. hey, dummy, that's the part you don't say out loud. >> now we have the opportunity opportunity whether or not it's legal is another question, but to record that machine switching the vote. if we stint have cameras it would be anecdoteal and we will now. >> cenk, we'll be back to take the calls. they're closing in a half hour. thank youish guys, we're back in a bit. david shutser and schusser coming back tonight. (vo) answer in a moment. (vo) brought to you by courtyard. [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? >> stephanie: happy election night. welcome back to this special edition of "talking liberally: the stephanie miller show"." jim, don't panic. whatever stephanie says, don't panic. >> i listen to everything she says. >> of course you do. did you say something. >> stephanie: i can make anything sound pervy. that's amazing. let's go to da
law will allow mitt romney to win pennsylvania. hey, dummy, that's the part you don't say out loud. >> now we have the opportunity opportunity whether or not it's legal is another question, but to record that machine switching the vote. if we stint have cameras it would be anecdoteal and we will now. >> cenk, we'll be back to take the calls. they're closing in a half hour. thank youish guys, we're back in a bit. david shutser and schusser coming back tonight. (vo) answer in a...
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he's a partner with the fox law firm and he served in several high profile roles in u.s. state departments and in the united nations. welcome back inside "the war room." >> governor, it is great to be here. thanks for having me. >> jennifer: you bet. you tweeted about this. why was that the most important exchange of the debate especially since the fact checkers say president obama did not go on an apology tour. >> when you look at the cairo speech and the transcript, you can say he went overseas to the heart of the arab world and said the reason that there's trouble here in the arab world is because of colonialism and because of the cold war being used as proxies and he talked about palestinians being humiliated by our ally, israel. i think what governor romney is saying is that in a romney administration, we're going to go back to american leadership. we're going to go back to the kind of leadership that a democrat, john kennedy talked about in his inaugural speech. we don't hear let the word go forth from here to pay for the defense and liberty. that was in john f. ken
he's a partner with the fox law firm and he served in several high profile roles in u.s. state departments and in the united nations. welcome back inside "the war room." >> governor, it is great to be here. thanks for having me. >> jennifer: you bet. you tweeted about this. why was that the most important exchange of the debate especially since the fact checkers say president obama did not go on an apology tour. >> when you look at the cairo speech and the...
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it is all about in one senate race all about the financial laws that have and haven't been changed. >> cenk: how is elizabeth warren doing now? >> she's up six points. ppp poll, public policy polling taken last week. ten days ago. in massachusetts. up 50% to 44%. it took her -- it took massachusetts awhile to warm to elizabeth warren. she isn't a fuzzy candidate. she's fuzzier to democrats in massachusetts than she was. she wasn't a perfect debater. scott brown is an affable guy and a likable candidate. very tough for anybody to be running from the same party against someone from the same party as the president. he's up 20 in massachusetts. >> cenk: the president is. brown is a gigantic fraud if you ask me. the pickup truck, he used to carry his daughter's horse in that pickup truck. what's with the dressage horses and the republicans? i don't know if it was a dressage horse. >> and the bayonets. >> cenk: connecticut. again, shouldn't be a close race. it is. >> it is a close race. chris murphy is a congressman. he beat nancy johnson six years ago. nancy johnson was a popular. they tho
it is all about in one senate race all about the financial laws that have and haven't been changed. >> cenk: how is elizabeth warren doing now? >> she's up six points. ppp poll, public policy polling taken last week. ten days ago. in massachusetts. up 50% to 44%. it took her -- it took massachusetts awhile to warm to elizabeth warren. she isn't a fuzzy candidate. she's fuzzier to democrats in massachusetts than she was. she wasn't a perfect debater. scott brown is an affable guy and...
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the budget is not law. since harry reid won't bring forth a budget and have the give and take required for governing this is the kind of impasse you see and it's why i i believe those old gloom and doom arguments are not going to hold water this time. >> except that the house republicans all voted for it . /* se it. >> that's the vision. >> if the notion is all kidding and all spin aside. >> yes. >> if the notion is to find solutions and the senate fails to vote on a budget for over a thousand days, you don't have the typical give and take and the very compromise your previous guest was talking about. >> so let me just talk about compromise because i think it's really a really important point. take a license to yesterday's exchange between republican senator lindsey graham and abc news jonathan carl. >> the taxpayer finds. >> i think -- i think dib -- i think the pledge has done a great service in the sense we are talking about a more entrepreneurial tax code but when you eliminate a deduction, it's okay wi
the budget is not law. since harry reid won't bring forth a budget and have the give and take required for governing this is the kind of impasse you see and it's why i i believe those old gloom and doom arguments are not going to hold water this time. >> except that the house republicans all voted for it . /* se it. >> that's the vision. >> if the notion is all kidding and all spin aside. >> yes. >> if the notion is to find solutions and the senate fails to vote on...
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they are saying they hate this law, they're going to repeal this law. it is dawning on them, this is like a mandate but the rest of the law people like. they like the idea they can get health insurance even if you have a preexisting condition. they like knowing everybody gets good benefits. the republicans are trying to figure out gee, is there some way to keep part of the law without reinstating the whole thing and that's awfully hard to do. >> give us your prediction. what do you think the court's decision is going to be. >> oh, gosh. i wish i knew. >> come on! don't be such a politician. >> i will say it depends when you ask me. there are days i wake up and think they are going to uphold the whole thing john roberts anthony, they don't want to go to, this would be such a radical controversial decision to go against everything they said. who knows, maybe they will. >> how worried are the justice. do you think about how history is going to view this ruling. will that have an impact on them? >> i hope it does. this would be the latest in a line of very
they are saying they hate this law, they're going to repeal this law. it is dawning on them, this is like a mandate but the rest of the law people like. they like the idea they can get health insurance even if you have a preexisting condition. they like knowing everybody gets good benefits. the republicans are trying to figure out gee, is there some way to keep part of the law without reinstating the whole thing and that's awfully hard to do. >> give us your prediction. what do you think...
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there was a little law that was only used once on me, i think a paraphernalia law that said it was illegal to ship paraphernalia across state lines. that made it a federal offense. by the way joe biden wrote the law. >> cenk: i hope you're right. biden and obama don't have a great record on this. let's bring in a different point of view. you and i agree we're optimistic about the laws that we hope it goes in the right direction and spreads across the country. i'll bring in sandra, a member of colorado concern. i don't believe she shares our point of view. what is your take on legalizing marijuana in colorado. >> good evening cenk, happy to be here. i represent the business community, and we're very concerned about the passage of amendment 164 and it's implication for business and for colorado. >> cenk: why? >> that's our concern. >> cenk: i don't get that? i guess if you represent the alcohol companies you might be worried about competition but why the business. >> we're concerned about productivity our liabilities our obligations and relationship to our employees. it changes the relations
there was a little law that was only used once on me, i think a paraphernalia law that said it was illegal to ship paraphernalia across state lines. that made it a federal offense. by the way joe biden wrote the law. >> cenk: i hope you're right. biden and obama don't have a great record on this. let's bring in a different point of view. you and i agree we're optimistic about the laws that we hope it goes in the right direction and spreads across the country. i'll bring in sandra, a...
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the law. we like trying to repeal it. okay. where is the hitch? here is the hitch. when you ask them how they feel about the different provisions in the law, they actually love it. let me show you those numbers. 82% said, yeah, we would like to ban insurance companies from denying pre-existing conditions. wait a minute. >> that's the heart of the law. so 82% of the country says they love the heart of this law. so why do you hate the law? i don't know. all right. let's keep going. how about moving insurance to cut off age of 26 rather than younger? well, 61% are in favor of that. so they love that, too. how about companies with 50-plus employees must provide insurance? 72% in favor. in other words they love almost everything about the law except they have been told that they shift hate the law. so i don't like that law. i like everything in it, though. there is one thing they don't like, of course. and that's the mandate. those numbers are clear. 39% in favor 61% against. whose idea was the man
the law. we like trying to repeal it. okay. where is the hitch? here is the hitch. when you ask them how they feel about the different provisions in the law, they actually love it. let me show you those numbers. 82% said, yeah, we would like to ban insurance companies from denying pre-existing conditions. wait a minute. >> that's the heart of the law. so 82% of the country says they love the heart of this law. so why do you hate the law? i don't know. all right. let's keep going. how...
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right now we have to live with the law that there are the second amendment rights. by the way no constitutional right is absolute. and the constitutional right of the second amendment is one that i respect. but it has limits and those limits sensible, common sense common ground, i think we can bridge the differences and even my republican colleagues, i shouldn't say even but many of them are now more reasonable on this point. >> eliot: i hope you argue the next case before the supreme court on that. finest lawyer i know. richard blumenthal of connecticut. thanks as always. >> thank you. >> eliot: the so-called fiscal cliff deal is starting to take >> eliot: former labor secretary robert reich talks fiscal negotiations and very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. >>li
right now we have to live with the law that there are the second amendment rights. by the way no constitutional right is absolute. and the constitutional right of the second amendment is one that i respect. but it has limits and those limits sensible, common sense common ground, i think we can bridge the differences and even my republican colleagues, i shouldn't say even but many of them are now more reasonable on this point. >> eliot: i hope you argue the next case before the supreme...
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do you think that law in florida applies here or does it not apply. >> i don't believe that law applies because all the evidence points to zimmerman as the the aggressor and trayvon as the victim. he was clearly pursueing trayvon. and if you're a victim you're not going to pursue you're your assail assailant. it gives a presumption but you still have to meet force. at the end of the day, we know that george zimmerman had a .9mm .9mm, and tray tray had a bag of skittles. >> thank you for joining us. we really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> all right, to the question of george zimmerman pursuing tray trayvon martin. there are reports of his past that gives us some insight that night. >> the elusive neighborhood watch captain who has yet to speak publicly. he was arrested for assaulting an officer and domestic violence in 2005, and in 2008 he enrolled in the police academy but never became an officer. he was fascinateed by police work. he had called police 49 times in the last year before. >> two african-american males. >> call after call about african-american males. 49 in
do you think that law in florida applies here or does it not apply. >> i don't believe that law applies because all the evidence points to zimmerman as the the aggressor and trayvon as the victim. he was clearly pursueing trayvon. and if you're a victim you're not going to pursue you're your assail assailant. it gives a presumption but you still have to meet force. at the end of the day, we know that george zimmerman had a .9mm .9mm, and tray tray had a bag of skittles. >> thank you...
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and follows intellectual view of the law. i'm not going to make any predictions. switch gears to something purely political. >> which is that. >> eliot: we're pretending we're lawyers. will the democratic party have a plank in its platform at the convention supporting same-sex marriage? >> i hope so. i hope so. i think it will. i think that now that the president says that he personally supports same-sex marriage, i think there may be some language where they try to fudge it a little bit. we don't want to be seen as saying -- i think the democratic party should stand for this and president clinton says he stand -- he's for this but i think the party doesn't want to be seen as telling each state that they must adopt marriage equality although i think we should stand for that as a party. i think probably what we'll see from the platform is a little finessing but progress. each time, there is a little progress. >> eliot: evolution is good. very quickly time is really short. >> look how well it works for president obama. >> eliot
and follows intellectual view of the law. i'm not going to make any predictions. switch gears to something purely political. >> which is that. >> eliot: we're pretending we're lawyers. will the democratic party have a plank in its platform at the convention supporting same-sex marriage? >> i hope so. i hope so. i think it will. i think that now that the president says that he personally supports same-sex marriage, i think there may be some language where they try to fudge it a...
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voter suppression laws stand your ground laws. it's a story covering every night in the war room. then we are going to be joined by the president of one of the nation's most influential unions, the cwa about the anti-worker rules and what they are doing to organize workers in other kuntz trees and talking as well about mitt romney the man with no core and the man with more money. i can hardly wait. the war room is next. thanks, eloit. >> he has no core but he has an etch-a-sketch. >> but it's worse. it's more insidious than an etch etch-a-sketch. >> i cannot wait but alec, did any more companies drop out? >> the gates foundation dropped. >> all right. unbelievable. >> yeah. >> huge story. i cannot wait to watch. that will be on war room with jennifer coming up. more viewpoint coming up next. i don't just talk about politics, i've lived politics. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>bringing you exactly what's happening in politics today by people who know what they're talking about. >>d.c. columnist and four time emmy winner
voter suppression laws stand your ground laws. it's a story covering every night in the war room. then we are going to be joined by the president of one of the nation's most influential unions, the cwa about the anti-worker rules and what they are doing to organize workers in other kuntz trees and talking as well about mitt romney the man with no core and the man with more money. i can hardly wait. the war room is next. thanks, eloit. >> he has no core but he has an etch-a-sketch....
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virginia's laws expanded the forms of i.d. available. it's not a photo i.d. law at all. as you mentioned many types of identification, including identification without photographs is permissible for voters to come through and cast their ballot. in contrast, pennsylvania's law is really going to jam voters up on election day and it was intended to do so. so the fact that pennsylvania is not cooperating says something about that. >> eliot: now the judge in pennsylvania who upheld the statute, despite acknowledgment there has not been a single case of in-person voter fraud. voting on behalf of someone who you are not that person. dubai that? >> from my perspective i think that's magical thinking. there were plaintiffs in the case who obviously could not vote. they had tried many times to get the appropriate i.d. and the state did not cooperate. the state did not cooperate until the case was filed and people learned of the stories. one of them is a woman who marched with martin luther king jr. and he's 93 years old. then when it was found out that she would not be allowed to
virginia's laws expanded the forms of i.d. available. it's not a photo i.d. law at all. as you mentioned many types of identification, including identification without photographs is permissible for voters to come through and cast their ballot. in contrast, pennsylvania's law is really going to jam voters up on election day and it was intended to do so. so the fact that pennsylvania is not cooperating says something about that. >> eliot: now the judge in pennsylvania who upheld the...
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he passed a lot of major laws. but in 2000 they thought one of the reason gore loss was because of gun control. this is the advice given to democrats. stay away from guns because of the devastating impact on elections, end quote. there you have it. they think guns will loss lose elections for them. >> cenk: how about the devastating impact on our communities. i want to talk about the god game liars at nra. obama has spent his entire political career engaged in a seattley assault on your right to keep and bear arms. if he wins re-election to the white house, we will be immune against it ever increasing power. he should be thrilled with president obama. all president obama ever has gotten is straight f fs. >> barack obama, he's trying to appease gun owners. and they still keep killing him like this. he's not getting any traction with his pro-gun position. represent democrats and don't be afraid. this is typical of the president being afraid. these laws, the second amendment that's these people adhere to, it was draft
he passed a lot of major laws. but in 2000 they thought one of the reason gore loss was because of gun control. this is the advice given to democrats. stay away from guns because of the devastating impact on elections, end quote. there you have it. they think guns will loss lose elections for them. >> cenk: how about the devastating impact on our communities. i want to talk about the god game liars at nra. obama has spent his entire political career engaged in a seattley assault on your...
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remember, since columbine and virginia tech gun laws have been weakened. law enforcement has been restricted from telling the media where crime guns come from, and the gun industry has been given absolute immunity from lawsuit. that is congress' response. shame on congress. >> eliot: look i could not agree with every word you just said more. i have to tell you when you're in the political battles and i was out there way out in front on these gun control issues, law enforcement is in favor of gun control for obvious reasons. it's the cops and state troopers who are on the receiving end of shots fired by criminals. alex let me ask you john made a powerful argument, separating out the semiautomatics and the ar-15s and shotguns used by criminals, separate out guns legitimately used by huntsmen and sports men why don't they do something about the guns who have no utility but to yeah create crime. >> no one has taken it up. when you look at the obama administration, the only gun laws he signed was to allow people to carry guns in national parks. no one--you have
remember, since columbine and virginia tech gun laws have been weakened. law enforcement has been restricted from telling the media where crime guns come from, and the gun industry has been given absolute immunity from lawsuit. that is congress' response. shame on congress. >> eliot: look i could not agree with every word you just said more. i have to tell you when you're in the political battles and i was out there way out in front on these gun control issues, law enforcement is in favor...
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which must be a dream he had, it has no bearing on constitutional law, was it ignorance or am i being too wondering if it was a shout out with the old one language contention? >> well, i would vote the latter. and the charitable way that i view this part of the day's events on the gop trail is he might have been thinking about citizenship tests, who knows. it's hard to get inside of his head. but certainly the political aspect of what he is saying he's in the talking to latinos he's talking to the base, he's still trying to prove his authenticity, even though that's been proven time and time again. but he's trying to get past the hump. he's trying to get over mitt romney and get by him and do whatever he needs to do and say. however, this on top of a fall, a winter of latino discontent with the republican party is not going to help matters very much with that part of the gop electorate. what it does do if you are in the white house is recipients eight anothercreateanother opening to woo the latino vote to try to get past some of the harsh things they have said about the obama administ
which must be a dream he had, it has no bearing on constitutional law, was it ignorance or am i being too wondering if it was a shout out with the old one language contention? >> well, i would vote the latter. and the charitable way that i view this part of the day's events on the gop trail is he might have been thinking about citizenship tests, who knows. it's hard to get inside of his head. but certainly the political aspect of what he is saying he's in the talking to latinos he's...
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>> it's not truth insofar as the court laws are concerned. you are an individual and you want to write a check to a presidential campaign you can give $2,500 per election. but if you have a million dollars or $10 million, as the case is to donate to a political entity now, because of the decision that has come forth, you can write as big of check as you possibly want. it's a real disconnect in terms of the amount of money that campaigns can raise, and the amount of money that political superpacks can raise. it's a situation that when the citizens united decision came down probably the supreme courts themselves were not sure how it would be play out in reality, and the reality we have now is very profound. and you have the most expensive election in the united states right here and now. >> funny how the supreme court justices weren't able to see how it would play out, when idiots like myself could see how it would come out. is there any extrapolation from that? any my god, maybe mathematical formula at this point, to guess who republican backe
>> it's not truth insofar as the court laws are concerned. you are an individual and you want to write a check to a presidential campaign you can give $2,500 per election. but if you have a million dollars or $10 million, as the case is to donate to a political entity now, because of the decision that has come forth, you can write as big of check as you possibly want. it's a real disconnect in terms of the amount of money that campaigns can raise, and the amount of money that political...
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change immigration laws so we get the brightest mines in the world to the united states just four or five things i think that puts it out of reach for romney. >> stephanie: yep. one other favorite moment. >> there aren't enough rich people to tax to pay for all of their spending. the next time you hear them say don't worry about it watch out middle class, the tax bill is coming to you. we can cut tax rates by 20% -- >> it has never been done before. >> it has been done a couple of times. >> it has never been done before. >> jack kennedy lowered rated -- >> oh now you are jack kennedy. [ laughter ] >> one of the astounding things about this whole thing, and the vice president make the point last night but romney in the first debate said he is not going to cut taxes on people. they will pay the same amount if that is it where is his job program? if he is not going to reduce their taxes, where is his job program? he doesn't have one. >> stephanie: yeah. >> this whole thing about raising taxes on small business banks is hysterical. ryan said 53% of income would fall under small business
change immigration laws so we get the brightest mines in the world to the united states just four or five things i think that puts it out of reach for romney. >> stephanie: yep. one other favorite moment. >> there aren't enough rich people to tax to pay for all of their spending. the next time you hear them say don't worry about it watch out middle class, the tax bill is coming to you. we can cut tax rates by 20% -- >> it has never been done before. >> it has been done a...
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laws and stand your ground laws. they are go longer defending these laws. these laws are sitting right next to these laws that the corporations want to push through alec. we're letting them know they're not going to be able to do it in silence or do it without the light of day and they're also going to have to do it under the spotlight of these laws that alec will no longer defend. their laws will sit right next to these laws. we want to assure that legislators that push these laws and corporations that stand behind them will be transparent. >> there are other laws, for example, the privatization of prisons and a private prison company as part of alec's bored or those who want to push for increased penalties and bail bondsman. can you give me examples of people on the board of alec writing legislation that benefits those corporations, giving those laws two legislators to pass back at home. >> some examples are wal-mart, and the history they've had around economic issues, and the way in which they have made it hard for people to earn a living wage and be abl
laws and stand your ground laws. they are go longer defending these laws. these laws are sitting right next to these laws that the corporations want to push through alec. we're letting them know they're not going to be able to do it in silence or do it without the light of day and they're also going to have to do it under the spotlight of these laws that alec will no longer defend. their laws will sit right next to these laws. we want to assure that legislators that push these laws and...
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hate the law. so i don't like that law. i like everything in it, though. there is one thing they don't like, of course. and that's the mandate. those numbers are clear. 39% in favor, 61% against. whose idea was the mandate? heritage foundation. most conservative think tink in the country, richard nixon, george h.w. bush. orrin hatch. >> one conservative idea in the bill, they hate it. by the way a third of the respondents also said i don't like the bill because i think it should do more not less. okay? all of the sudden the country hates the law. look. why is this happening? there are three principal reasons why the country gets this misinformed. they don't know what's in it or who proposed it in the first place. they don't know it was conservatives who the put it in there. we didn't ask for the mandate. that wasn't a progressive idea. if they knew what was in it, they might actually love the law. so how do we get misinformed? number 1, giantaments of republican propaganda. on this issue, alone, th
hate the law. so i don't like that law. i like everything in it, though. there is one thing they don't like, of course. and that's the mandate. those numbers are clear. 39% in favor, 61% against. whose idea was the mandate? heritage foundation. most conservative think tink in the country, richard nixon, george h.w. bush. orrin hatch. >> one conservative idea in the bill, they hate it. by the way a third of the respondents also said i don't like the bill because i think it should do more...
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to some law. the problem here though is there are seven justice on this supreme court who if they follow their own past opinions, not someone else's opinions, their own would have to uphold the individual mandate. if they're willing to throw their own past opinions out god help us when we get to the other issue. >> that's my principle source of anger here. i feel the media gives them credence because they write eloquently or speak eloquently and i feel their lays, the rest of the media, scalia is using that s.a.t. word, he must be brilliant. what is the republican position, i don't give a damn what i got to twist to get there? >> i guess if you're the sort of person you think citizens united was correct, the only thing they characterize is those decisions and tons of other decisions decisions cutting off people's actions to class actions,ability to hold corporations accountable at court. they're pushing an agenda. in this country, our policy should be set by people we actually get to elect not by
to some law. the problem here though is there are seven justice on this supreme court who if they follow their own past opinions, not someone else's opinions, their own would have to uphold the individual mandate. if they're willing to throw their own past opinions out god help us when we get to the other issue. >> that's my principle source of anger here. i feel the media gives them credence because they write eloquently or speak eloquently and i feel their lays, the rest of the media,...
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pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. an energizing fruit or relaxing mint flavor. new 5 rpm gum. stimulate your senses. ♪ >> nine people on this planet now know the probable fate of president obama's healthcare reform law. the supreme courts took an informal and very secret vote today. chief justice roberts goes first, and then antonny scroll leah, the longest serving justice and then down the line. and they'll write the decision. the justices obviously can still reverse their positions before they announce a final ruling in june. here again to talk about the politics behind this healthcare decision is our panel, tricia rose phil bronstein, thomas moyer. this was such a fascinating story this week, but what i really wanted was to be able to see it all. y
pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. an energizing fruit or relaxing mint flavor. new 5 rpm gum. stimulate your senses. ♪ >> nine people on this planet now know the...